--- title: Advice to New Sound Designers from Academy Award®-winner Richard King description: Award-winning sound artist Richard King (Dunkirk, Inception) shares thoughts on how to approach projects as a new sound designer. image: https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/hubfs/Blog/webp-richard-king-in-studio.webp --- [![pse-blog-logo](https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/pse-blog-light-logo.png?width=319&height=120&name=pse-blog-light-logo.png)](https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/) [![pse-primary-logo-white-text](https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/pse-blog-light-logo.png?width=512&height=76&name=pse-blog-light-logo.png)](https://www.prosoundeffects.com/) [ Pro Sound Effects ](https://www.prosoundeffects.com/?switchLanguage=en) Authors Tags Posts [ Show more results ](https://blog.prosoundeffects.com) [ Interviews ](https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/tag/interviews) # Advice to New Sound Designers from Academy Award®-winner Richard King 1 min read Author ![](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e) [Julia Skubisz](https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/author/julia-skubisz) Share ## Get insight from an award-winning sound artist on how to approach a project as a new sound designer. Starting a new project can be intimidating - especially as a beginner. In this excerpt of the [Film Sound Design Master Class with Richard King](https://hello.prosoundeffects.com/richard-king-master-class), the four-time Academy Award®-winning sound artist shares insight for new sound designers. With four Oscar wins for Best Sound Editing – Dunkirk (2018), Inception (2011), The Dark Knight (2009), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2004) – King is among the most renowned sound designers and supervising sound editors in the industry today. In the video, King explores how and where to focus your attention when starting a new project in order to achieve the best result with the limited time you have. He also discusses putting oneself in the characters' shoes in order to determine what sonic elements are most important to the story. #### Create with world-class sound effects. Pro Sound Effects is honored to be collaborating with Richard King to develop the [King Collection](https://hello.prosoundeffects.com/king-collection) - featuring exclusive sound libraries curated from his private collection - making this sonic resource available to sound artists everywhere. --- #### Want to share this post? 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